“INTER RATER RELIABILITY AND CONCURRENT VALIDITY OF STROKE SPECIFIC SHOULDER DISABILITY INDEX: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY”

There are many scales developed for assessment of upper extremity functions in stroke patients. But they could not include the shoulder domains like shoulder pain, subluxation, ROM and quality of life. A validated scale i.e. SSSDI was developed which covers all domains. Intra-rater reliability and content validity of this scale is already estimated. There is no specific study until date which calculates the inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of SSSDI. So it is necessary to conduct a study which shows inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of this scale. The objective of this study is to measure the inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of this scale. So that researcher and clinicians use this scale effectively in clinics and academics purpose.

目前已有多款用于脑卒中（stroke）患者上肢功能评估的评定量表，但现有量表均未涵盖肩痛、肩关节半脱位、活动度（Range of Motion, ROM）及生存质量等肩部相关评估维度。为此，一款经过效度验证的评定量表SSSDI被研发，其可覆盖上述所有评估维度。该量表的评定者内部信度与内容效度已得到评估，但迄今为止，尚无专门研究对SSSDI的评定者间信度与同时效度进行测算。因此，开展一项针对该量表评定者间信度与同时效度的研究十分必要。本研究的核心目标即测算该量表的评定者间信度与同时效度，以期为研究者与临床医师在临床实践及学术研究中高效应用该量表提供依据。